It’s a great moment of honour, pride and joy that MC Mary Kom has won the gold medal in boxing at the Asian Games.
And she received a lot of love and congratulations from Bollywood
Priyanka Chopra, who played her in the biopic Mary Kom,could not be happier and more encouraging. She tweeted: So proud of u @mangtec u r a true champ!! My Shero! Be #Unbeatable Be #Unbreakable Be #MaryKom
Yaaaaaay!!!Now that's called Woman Power! #MaryKom gets gold..makes India Proud & shows us that we can achieve anything! #Momof3 #champion
For Farhan Akhtar, a campaigner of womens empowerment, this was the perfect time to tweet: Congratulations to Mary Kom on her gold medal win. #ReachForTheSky
Feisty actress Sonakshi, retweeted her father Shatrughan Sinhas tweet: Heartiest congratulations to Gold Medalist Mary Kom for an amazing performance in #AsianGames2014
Amitabh Bachchan tweeted his congratulations as well: T 1631 - MARY KOM WINS GOLD ..!! WHAT A FEAT .. PROUD INDIAN ..!!
Shahid Kapoor, who himself has been receiving praise for his performance in Haider, tweeted: Huge congratulations to the relentlessly inspiring Mary Kom for yet again making India proud.